Bennington Area Church Events in North Bennington and Old Bennington
Church calendar lists services Bible studies and youth meetings at Congregational Church North Bennington and Old Bennington. Highlights include 11 a.m. worship with sermons by Rev Richard Lenehan and Rev Dr Arvel M Steece plus midweek prayer and hymn services and choir rehearsals.
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Congregational Church
North Bennington
Richard Lenehan
Christ
Old Bennington
Church Barn
Arvel M. Steece
Michael Finckel
Cirecle
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester Center
Robert L. Clayton
North Pownal
Leonard Perrault
Berkshire Christian College
Lenox
Mass
Old Stone Church
Ndependent Baptist
Elwin M. Ellis
Wilmington
Henry A. Peck
Church OF Christ Westam
Howard B. Ford Jr
Midweek Lent Service and church notices
The Bennington area lists midweek Lenten services at First United Methodist Church with Rev Alfred Scott speaking on Lent and Our Intellectual Response to God’s Love, plus a full slate of Sunday worships, choirs, Sunday School, and parish activities across denominational churches in Arlington Manchester and surrounding towns. Residents are urged to check specific church calendars for times and events.
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Alfred Nastor
Bennington Council of Churches
First
United Methodist Church
Scott
Philippians
First Church OF God
W. Earle Forman
Petersburg
N.Y
United Methodist
Milton Barnhart
Veterans Memorial Hall
Youth Fellowship
Washington’s Religion and Its Realism, Not Halos
UPI from Louis Cassels notes Washington, though Ep iscopal, did not kneel in prayer at Valley Forge or favor Holy Communion. He left services after sermons, avoided communion rites, and confronted a clergy member in a public clash, illustrating a rare candid religiosity.
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George Washington
Washington
Parson Weems
Valley Forge
Episcopal Church
Lyndon B. Johnson
Williamsburg
Edmund Fuller
David E. Green
A Diest
Thomas Jefferson
Tom Paine
Diesm
God
Diests
Jesus
Jefferson
Paine
Quiet Day Speaker Fr Elwood Boggess At St Peters
The Rev Elwood Craig Boggess of North Hoosick NY a noted Episcopal retreat conductor will lead two Eucharist meditations at a Quiet Day for men and women in St Peters Church from 10 am to 1 pm Saturday. The event links with St Marys in the Mountains Wilmington and local parishes. Washington's church attendance and faith debates are recounted, noting his Episcopalian ties and deist arguments in historical context tied to St Peters and the era.
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Elwood Craig Boggess
North Hoosick
N.Y
St. Peter’s Church
Father Boggess
Springfield
Ohio
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Orange
Mendham
N.J
Order of St. Helena
Newburgh
St. Mary’s
Mountains
Wilmington
St. Peter’s
St. James
Arlington
Zion Church
Manchester Center
Methodist Church Holds Annual Charge Conference
The Rev. Melvin R. McGaughy reported on church services community and ecumenical activities and Troy Conference boards during the annual Charge Conference presided by Rev. John G. Rhinesmith. Elected were Freeland Littlefield and Merrill Swift as chairs. several trustees lay leaders and officers were named with Miss Helen Atwell recording secretary and Harold Cross treasurer. Three age level coordinators were elected for children youth and adults.
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Melvin R. McGaughey
First United Methodist Church
Troy
John G. Rhinesmith
Freeland Littlefield
Merrill Swift
Council On Ministries
Carl Hamilton
Ira Manross
Gerald Butler
Littlefield
Dean Osgood
Edwin Peterson
Henry Bushee
Earl Hamilton
Robert Russ
Vernon Gage
Oakley Frost
Ruth Boudakian
Eunice Wisher
Patricia Hoard
Dorothy Crane
Roy A. Sullivan
Helen Atwell
Harold Cross
Chester Hickok
Albert Peterson
Arnold Blackstone
Eugene Daugherty
John Mook
Witnesses Emphasize Christian Life at Bennington Assembly
A three day Bible assembly in White River Junction highlighted the Christian way of life with 1026 ministers and families from Vermont and New Hampshire. 32 new Witnesses were baptized and ordained. Harry A. Fetzik urged living a Christian life to withstand modern pressures. In Manchester, First Baptist Church backs pastor Joseph D. Huse for ordination and approves fiscal year change to calendar year with January 1971 annual meeting.
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Bennington
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Harvey R. Hiatt
White River Junction
Vermont
New Hampshire
Harry A. Fetzik
Manchester
First Baptist Church
Joseph D. Huse
Vermont Baptist Convention
Department of the Ministry
Huse
Officers for 1970 Elected By the Women of St. James
Arlington Mrs Francis Dunbar and Mrs Clement Belcher were elected co presidents for 1970 of the Women of St. James at the group’s recent annual meeting. Also elected were Mrs A R Mento first vice president and Mrs A F Moody second vice president with Mrs Mar...
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Garet Webster
Nathalie Borg
Dunbar
Mento
Christian Education
R.H. Johnson
Harry Goeckler
Periodical Club
Herbert W. Congdon
Christian Ministries
Jesse E. Squiers
United Thank Offering
Wallace Bennard
Ways and Means
Belcher
Iva Jane Towery
Booth
St. James Church
Women of
Increase in United Church of Christ giving noted
New York reports show United Church of Christ giving rose to 17,434,827 in 1969 for home and overseas missions, racial justice, and relief. Local churches boosted allocations to regional budgets by 3.62 percent, while national agencies received 1.64 percent less. The report highlights varied church responses including social action and local church programs.
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New York
United Church of Christ
Biafra
Biloxi
Miss
Robert V. Moss
Moss
Massachusetts Conference
Massachusetts Black Ecumenical
United Church
The
UCC
United Church Board For World Ministries
United Church Board For Homeland Ministries
Office of Communication Council For Christian Social Action
Council For Church and Ministry
Council For Lay Life and Work
Stewardship Council
Pension Boards
Commission For Racial Justice
Congregational Christian
Evangelical and Reformed Churches
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Missionary Alliance Church
First Congregational Church
First Church OF Christ Scientist
ST. James Episcopal Church
C. G. Belcher
Congregational Church East
Dorset
Lester Tufts
H. Glenn Payne
Executive Board of Woman’s Society
Pownal
David Hubbard
Society OF Friends
Quakers
Bennington Free Library
Community Church
Our Lady OF Fatima
Baptist Church
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
George C. Mills
ST. Francis DE Sales Catholic Church
Heart Catholic
HURCH
ST. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Dorset - East Rupert
Hal C. Miller
Church OF Christ
Kingdom Hall
Watch Tower
Congregational Bible Study
ST. Mary’s IN the Mountains
Wilmington Llasm
Russell Gale
Missioner
Augustine
Parlor
Alfred Scott
North Bennington Baptist Church
Federated Church East
Methodist Church
West Arlington
John E. Geer
Baptist Youth Fellowship
ST. Peter’s Episcopal Church
J. Edward Putnam
Berkeley Theological Semiary
BYF
Capital City
Albany
BYF Presents
Shaftsbury
Angus J. MacDonald
John M. Bailey
WSCS
UMYF
John Rhinesmith
Second Congregational Church
John Wohnus
Bennington College
Marshall Witten
Inquirer
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
Masonic Temple
Main St
Louis Cassels
UPI Relgion
Fr. Boggess
White House
Crown
Philadelphia
James Abercrombie
Abercrombie
President
Save Way
Mammoth Mart
United Chur of Christ
Little Todd Church
Shawmut
Ala
IRS Tales
Cresta
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Bennington, VT
Artery Arcade
North Adams
Empire Dry Cleaners
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